North Africa
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2.0
- proper noun
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África del Norte
- LOUIS WERNER, a New York writer, travels frequently to the Middle East and North Africa.
- East and North Africa
- Middle East and North Africa
- Asia and North Africa
Tymgad, the great Roman town in North Africa, is a town for veterans.
- Tymgad, the great Roman town in North Africa, is a town for veterans.
- So he does invade North Africa and he forces Hannibal to leave Italy.
- We find a little bit later, we find pierced shells in the Serengeti, we find them in North Africa, we find them in the Middle East.
- And there were also attacks by ships from Muslim North Africa against Europe, what the sources referred to as Saracen pirates.
- I mean, you're born, as you say in the book, at this moment when fortunes are changing for the German army in North Africa.
- Many people don't even realize at that time what is happening with all these dictators and rulers in North Africa.
- The Donatism were strong in North Africa and they appeal to Constantine against decisions that had been made against them within the Church.
- And that spreads through North Africa to Spain and so forth.
Examples
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North Africa is on the verge of a tribal war.
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Many tourists visit North Africa to explore its stunning landscapes and ancient ruins.
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We were in North Africa.
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I served in North Africa.
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Where you just saw civil wars breaking out across like North Africa and the Middle East.
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I'm writing a business piece on corporate life in North Africa.
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The situation in North Africa was similar to that in the Negev.
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For many years I've represented my firm in North Africa.
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We remember the countries in North Africa where the Arab Spring happened: Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt.
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The uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa during 2011 have largely bypassed Morocco.
Academic text (2012)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the region of northern Africa...' is directly and compositionally derived from 'north' (the northern portion) + 'Africa' (the continent). Compass-point + place constructions are cross-linguistically common and follow standard English naming patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
North Africa is a name made by joining north and Africa to point to the part of the continent at the top of the map near the Mediterranean. It originally meant the lands in the 'north' of Africa, so today North Africa refers to the region between the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea.